The group had left the small room, and black had dashed off, completely disappearing into the crowd. He turned to the two hulking figures by the bar,
"Zuloo, how quickly could you whip up some throwing knives?" He asked. He wasn't hopefull, but it was worth a try. If the smith wouldn't be able to produce them in time, he would settle for some purchased from an NPC. While he waited for Zuloo to answer, he ordered a mug of ale and stepped outside.

Blacknite gran into the enchanter just as the last customer was leaving. He quickly pulled out his throwing knives and asked "Can I have two that do damage over time, one that returns to it's owners hand as many times as you can manage and the rest need to have enchantments to increase the speed that they fly, and I need it all done like right now.

"The enchanter looked at him like he had grown four arms then said calmly, have a seat. I will get to work right away. The maximum times it will come back to you is ten though. I will be done in five minutes. Normally this would take a lot longer but I know you are going against the boss." Just as Blacknite was going to deny it the man said "Don't bother dening it, I have seen you battle. You need to be there." He then turned and left with the blades and Blacknite ran to spend every coll he had on red potions and anti paralysis potions.

Wolf exits the bar with a bottle of wine in both hands and notices both of the girls waiting outside. "Uhm, Biri biri," Wolf said referring to Asuna, unable to quickly just say 'you'. "And uhm, Regular-height-girl-who's-not-a-guy." Wolf paused and put his drinks away suddenly realizing he accidentally got back into his drinking ways. "I'm Wolf. We should probably party up."

"Well little ones, I would need a forge to make new items. However repairs can be done without a forge." he paused briefly then continued. "Getting your own forge is somewhat a difficult task I am nearly two thirds of the way there but it has taken every bit of my time to get thus far."

"Sometimes in the towns there are public forges but they are usually crowded with people who don't know anything about what they are doing." He look at them briefly with an apologetic face. "It would take some time to use the local forge with the lines that form but I have done it before, so it is not impossible."

Yuuki looked around at the people waiting at the bar, making herself leave quickly before she attracted unwanted attention. Sure, she wanted to get to know the other people in her party better, but she needed to stock up. Waving at the bartender one last time, Yuuki walked past the wooden doors and shuffled out to where she hoped was the shop she had visited once. It had everything she would need, including various crystals and sparring weapons. The prize she needed was throwing knives, as she would obviously need them for the upcoming battle. As her feet guided her to the correct store, Yuuki was amazed that she remembered the quaint little shop. It was tiny for the size of it's inventory and she still didn't know what exactly had persuaded her to go into the plain stall she had before reprimanded.

Opening the swinging doors, Yuuki spent her time there quickly as she did not want to be left behind. In the end, Yuuki had twenty throwing knives, all of which were ingraved beautifully, and various crystals for many uses. And a little pet food for her dragon.

That reminded her. She still hadn't given a name to the little troublemaker. As she thought of the perfect name, she smiled sadly and brokenheartedly. It was perfect.

Once Wolf came out of the inn he had introduced himself . "My name is not 'Regular-height-girl-who's-not-a-guy'. Its Mizuko." she says, firmly. "Nice to meet you too, Wolf." She had a slight hesitation of sending them friend and party requests, but that feeling went away. "So, nice meeting you too." she turned to the Asuna. "Hope we can make a good team."

Zuloo had reached the edge of <<Parma>> by now and messaged all 8 at the same time.

If your buying things we will be taking *This path (mapped out in the message was a path to the boss room). Catch up after you are done when all of us are at the door the fight will commence.

Zuloo started to walk toward the boss floor with everyone that was waiting the streets parted the busy merchants waved and everyone was cheering putting their hopes in these young warriors. For that is the reason they are merchants to support us to clear the game.

After picking up all the crystals he could, including a couple blue teleport crystal in case he needed to leave with someone who was really injured he went back and got his throwing knives. When he went to pick them up they were hanging outside the shop on a pin beside a note that said:

To repay me let me see my granddaughter again. I am an old man that wanted to try and be young and energetic again but instead I am stuck here missing my dear wife and my children and grand children. Get me home.

This bringing a small tear to his eye he grabbed them and headed to the group. Then throws on one blade wouldn't be very much but it should be enough to give Vyse the general idea of how to throw a blade. He wondered if Vyse was the only one he would have to teach but it was too late now. He was almost flat broke and couldn't afford to buy throwing knives for others so he hopped they had bought their own as he rushed to get back with the group.

Vyse deflated a little at the news Zuloo delivered, however, there was little he could do about it and time was not on his side. He told the others that he would meet them further on before turning on his heel and rushing to the nearest weapon store. He opened his menu and sent a message to black, letting him know where he was and he would be back with the group in a few minutes.

The side trip did not take long and soon he was back on track, a pouch of small knives strapped to his thigh. He spotted the group a bit further on and doubled his pace to catch up. He was now prepared for the upcoming battle, and he hoped that his companions were too. Looking around at the group he noted everyone's emotions. None seemed the least bit concerned that this could be the last battle, or if they were, the hid it well.

Wolf double checked his inventory really quick. He needed to make sure he had a spare weapon just in case his current one is going to break during battle. As he scanned through, he remembered he also bought a second weapon because he was unsure of which color to go with, so he ended up buying both.

His current weapon was black with a hole the shape of a circle near the handle side and his secondary one was white with a moon as a hole. Wolf got his message from Zuloo. "How in the world did he pass me?" Wolf thought as he looked at the door to the bar behind him.

With that said, Wolf began to walk according to the directions, taking out one bottle of wine. He chugged the whole thing as he continued walking. Soon enough, he finished it and let the bottle pixelate before putting his hand by his waist.

Yuuki was startled when she heard an alert, opeing up her menu to see what had frightened her momentarily and read the message. Olive arrived on her shoulder and started screeching happily at the feeling of his master's blood begin to boil and the beating of her heart get frantic. Yuuki was ready for this. She made the menu disappear with an audible pop and started on her way to the meeting route. She grinned maniachly and was eventually sprinting to the fullest extent to get to the portal. A few bodies were knocked down on the way, some fruits stepped on, and most importanly, her desire was spiraling. The desire to kill.

It was funny, really. How could she be a pathetic, homesick idiot one moment, and prestochango, a bloodthirsty phsycopath the next? It was beyond her. Maybe this world was influencing her, to the point where her thoughts weren't hers. It drove her into a corner every time she felt it, and it was past her recognition to even think of stopping the way she felt whenever these thoughts came about her. But she didn't care. Not one bit. And she was thankful inside that Olive didn't care either. Grinning wildly at her amigo, Yuuki grabbed Olive and embraced him as she leapt through the portal, ensnared and mesmerized by the blue hue.

Asuna bought a piece of bread from a nearby NPC bakery and ate it. Fortunately in the world of SAO, one did not need to eat too much to be satisfied. She was already equipped with enough potions in her inventory so she decided to take the pathway that Zuloo set out in a message.

She was strangely not so nervous right now, maybe because it was the fact that this time she would be fighting alongside people. The rapier user wanted to make sure none of them would view her as a burden. She was confident enough in her skills because of the countless hours she devoted to practicing her swordsmanship instead of getting sleep. This was the time to prove that she belonged in the front line group.

As Zuloo walked the other members caught up fairly quick, he had only been walking a short while before Wolfs silhouette crest the path behind him followed by the other as they slowly trickled in behind him. Zuloo brought out his wine which was more like a gourd of saki than a bottle and began to drink casually while the group walked nearing ever closer to the boss room.

After receiving the mapping to the bosses room from Zuloo, Mizuko made sure that her HP was full before she followed the path the map instructed. Swiping her hand in the air while walking, she surveyed her inventory menu. Weapons. She had knives in her inventory and she thought back about how Blacknite asked anyone if they were going to do long range. Mizuko had considered the fact, but she knew.... these knives were important to her. She couldn't use them. Just not yet. Not for something like this. Her menu disappeared as she came close to the portal.